Quantico Yacht Club

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The Quantico Yacht Club is an incorporated, non-profit, private entity based in Quantico, Virginia, Template:Onlinesource = http://scc-internet.scc.state.va.us/corporate/imaging/9806453.pdf.

 as recorded by the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commision (pdf). Virginia State Corporation Commision, P.O. Box 1197, Richmond, Virginia 23218. Retrieved on 2008-05-20. The QYC is also a member of the greater Potomac River Yacht Club Association Template:Onlinesource =http://www.potomacriveryachtclubs.org/ABOUT.HTM

The club traces its heritage back to a proposal made by the then Base Commandant, Brigadier General Thomas Holcomb, who proposed the "establishment of a Yacht Club and Sailing association at Quantico." in the June 5, 1935 edition of the "Sentry" newspaper.

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As noted then, the Quantico Yacht Club supports military members and their families

The original club was without a permanent or dedicated meeting place. During its first 30 years of existence, the club met inside various marina buildings, a base "schoolhouse", and in various sandwich shops and other commercial establishments in the Town of Quantico. In 1975, with the assitance of a Boeing Engineer, Johannes Morgensterne and the Harbor Master Oreste "Rusty" Arcuni, the QYC established a dedicated clubhouse within the Quantico marina boatyard.

The original clubhouse lasted until 2004, when in September, the Potomac River flooded the area due to heavy rainfall during Hurricane Isabel. Since then, with a key member donations of funds from Commodore Emeritus Pete Janns and his wife Ann, long time members Jerry and Cheri Saggers, and numerous hours of donated labor, the QYC has managed to again establish a dedicated presence to host the Marines and their families for various club functions, as noted on the QYC calendar of events (html). Quantico Yacht Club, P.O. Box 21, Quantico Virginia 23218. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.

Recent on-line citings of the Quantico Yacht Club includes it's efforts to identify the burgees within the Quantico Yacht Club. "Good Old Boat," Italic text the Sailing Magazine for the Rest of Us published a picture of the unidentified burgees from the QYC in its on-line June 2008 newsletter: Template:Onlinesource = http://www.goodoldboat.com/newsletter/08 junnews60.php